Last week’s Warmth in Winter crochet-a-thon at the Winkler Library was a huge success.
Library clerk Linda Funk invited crocheters to drop by that day to spend some time assembling afghans for patients at the Eden Health Care Centre.
“We had eight completed afghans donated to us and about 465 squares which we’ve put together or are in the process of putting together,” Funk shared afterwards. “We’re going to be needing people to help us with it, but we’ve got seven afghans laid out.”
Funk notes she wasn’t sure what to expect from this event. The library has had yarn and needles available in their reading nook for a few years now, allowing patrons to put together a square or two as time allows. But this is the first time they’ve held an organized drive like this, and the response was overwhelming.
“We had people who heard about this and thought, you know, I’ve got that bag of squares in the back of my closet I’ve been meaning to put together and I’m not, so I may as well donate them to you,” Funk said. “So we had a good number of donations and also some lovely people who showed up and said, okay, what do you need me to do?”
She figured they had about 16 or so people stop by throughout the day.
“We had somebody in our main area crocheting pretty much from start to finish,” Funk said. “We are definitely doing this again, and we are going to continue accepting donations of squares and completed afghans.
“And we’ll have the yarn basket out so people can drop by an do a square or part of a square any time the library’s open.”
